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Ständchen

Schwanengesang, D. 957 · No. 4

Franz Schubert · 1828 · D minor · 59 bars · 56 chords analysed

Schubert's famous Serenade: the piano imitates a guitar while the singer pleads under a window at night.

“Swan Song” is a collection of Schubert's last songs, put together by his publisher after his death in 1828. It includes settings of Ludwig Rellstab, Heinrich Heine and Johann Gabriel Seidl, among them the famous “Ständchen” (Serenade).

Keys visited: D minor, F major, D major, B minor.